the law keeps the government accountability to the standard of law. we are a nation of law and not feelings or passions and thoughts and i feel stronglyy about terrorist actions and people like major nadal hass an who murdered 14 people in fort hood . though we know by their own statements and witnesses their guilt, we don't put them in a field and fly a drone over head and kill them. our passions and feelings would let us do that, but the law will not. it is the objective standard that is designed to force us to deal with crime according to the blindd lady justice instead of reacting in anger and revenge. god help us if our own government believes that it is not subject to the very laws that restrict it. not forced to follow the strict guide lines of our constitution. the government that kills a citizen for what he or she might do is a government that will kill a citizen for what he or she is or believes. all of america should say thank you, senator rand paul. [applause] well, last week in my opening mon log in the president's inability to work with